PEOPLE HAVE USED some form of paste to help keep their teeth clean since at least 3000 BC in ancient Egypt.... read more →
A COUPLE OF the biggest rites of passage in childhood are the first baby teeth coming in and the first adult... read more →
40% OF KIDS WILL develop at least one cavity by the time they turn eleven, which makes tooth decay the most... read more →
SWIMMER’S CALCULUS” SOUNDS more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth, but it’s actually the term for yellow or... read more →
EVERY SMILE IS UNIQUE, right down to when the teeth that make them up come in. Some of us get our... read more →
RE MAIL-ORDER aligners worth getting instead of professional orthodontic treatment with an orthodontist? We don’t think so, and it’s not just... read more →
CHILDHOOD IS A TIME of scraped knees and bumps and bruises as kids run around discovering the world. As pediatric dentists,... read more →
SUGAR GOES BY MANY NAMES and hides where we’d least expect it. Molasses and maltose? Sugar. Corn syrup and sucrose? Sugar.... read more →
HOW DO YOU choose the right toothpaste out of the wall of colorful boxes on the store shelf? Is it better... read more →
DO YOU KNOW what the parts of the human tooth are? We’d like to give you a quick tooth anatomy lesson... read more →